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Having a sense of purpose to your life makes you sleep better, new US research has revealed. In the study of 823 people, those who felt their lives had meaning were 63 per cent less likely to have sleep apnoea (where breathing repeatedly stops) and 52 per cent less likely to have restless leg syndrome, plus their sleep was generally less disturbed. And it’s worth setting some life-enhancing goals to supercharge your slumber, as another bit of US research shows just one night of disrupted sleep increases a brain protein linked with Alzheimer’s disease. Need a little help? Read new book Getting Grit: The Evidence-Based Approach To Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, And Purpose by positive psychology coach Caroline Adams Miller (Sounds True Inc, £16.95).